Edinburgh Free Fringe founder Peter Buckley Hill to step down
Comedian and Edinburgh Free Fringe founder Peter Buckley Hill has signalled his intention to step down after this year’s event. He said
Comedian and Edinburgh Free Fringe founder Peter Buckley Hill has signalled his intention to step down after this year’s event. He said
A West End performer has launched an initiative to help people in the entertainment industry find jobs in between acting work. Performer
An annual pop-up theatre season in Plymouth is to introduce a rep company of actors for the first time. The company, which
A new £125,000 scheme to improve women’s toilets in theatres across the UK has been launched. The Spend a Penny Scheme, run by
Southend's New Empire Theatre, which has lain derelict for eight years, has been bought by an anonymous Asian investment firm. The building
BECTU has criticised the organisers of broadcast diversity initiative Project Diamond for its response to the union’s concerns over transparency. Earlier this
The new operator of the troubled Lincoln Theatre Royal has vowed to revive the venue, making it one that the city can
Truro venue Hall for Cornwall is to receive funding of nearly £225,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a redevelopment project. The
The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has announced it is to partner Arts Council Wales to fund a new £120,000
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has launched a review of Arts Council England to investigate the body’s efficiency, effectiveness and
Theatre company Invertigo has been announced as the first associate organisation at Welsh arts centre Pontio. The theatre company will hold the
Richard Wilson has pulled out of performing his one-man show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, after suffering a heart attack. Wilson, 80,
Actor and comedian Victoria Wood, who died in April, is to be celebrated with a statue in her home town of Bury.
Arts Council England has promoted director of strategy Richard Russell to the new role of chief operating officer, as part of an
Lily James, Lara Pulver and Matt Lucas are set to appear in a gala celebrating 40 years of the National Youth Music
London fringe venue the Bread and Roses Theatre has launched the second year of its playwriting prize. The award is a competition
The Royal Ballet Benevolent Fund it is to be renamed the Dance Professionals Fund under plans to broaden the charity's remit. The
Stephen Crocker has been appointed chief executive of Norwich Theatre Royal. He will replace Peter Wilson, who leaves the theatre after a
Cross-cultural company Tara Theatre has unveiled its new home in south London, which includes the only permanent, earth-floor theatre in the country.
Three shows by Andrew Lloyd Webber were among the top 10 bestselling shows on Broadway last week. With the opening of Cats
Hundreds of schoolchildren will be given free theatre trips as part of a scheme that unveiled by new culture secretary Karen Bradley.
Deborah Sawyerr has been appointed executive director at Theatre Royal Stratford East, taking over from Mary Caws. Sawyerr joins the venue from
A planning appeal hoping to overturn a decision to prohibit flats being built above London fringe venue the Finborough Theatre has been
Black and Asian dance company Ballet Black and a company that fuses Shakespeare with hip hop are among the first organisations to
The Arts Council of Wales has announced it will renew efforts to monitor the diversity of the organisations it funds, in a